04-23-2009, 11:10 AM
I have advocated harsh measures for the control of feral animals and have acknowledged the possibility that stray pets could in rare instances get lost in the system. I also said that every effort should be made to place animals and return stray pets. I still feel this way.
I wanted to say, while the pain is still fresh, that my own dog of 13 years wandered off from my brother's yard when the gate was left open and has now been missing for 2 days. I wonder where she is, whether she is injured or in pain, hungry, or whether she was taken by some person who would hurt her. I feel like I let her down because I let the gate get so rickety that she could get out. She has a microchip but the collar she was wearing had no tag. My fault. How stupid! I have canvassed the neighborhood. A few people think they saw her early on the morning she was lost. My brother's dog got out too but came home on his own.
So. It is really painful not knowing what has happened to her. However, I don't see this as a reason not to support an aggressive animal control policy. The resources lavished on TNR programs could be better spent on caring for animals coming through the system, including adopting them out or returning lost pets.
I have never embraced the philosophy that "there are no atheists in foxholes". I just wanted to make the point that if a policy is right it is right even when your own animal is at risk.
JWFITZ, the link above shows pictures of a couple of the HIHS vehicles. Do any of them look familiar?
I wanted to say, while the pain is still fresh, that my own dog of 13 years wandered off from my brother's yard when the gate was left open and has now been missing for 2 days. I wonder where she is, whether she is injured or in pain, hungry, or whether she was taken by some person who would hurt her. I feel like I let her down because I let the gate get so rickety that she could get out. She has a microchip but the collar she was wearing had no tag. My fault. How stupid! I have canvassed the neighborhood. A few people think they saw her early on the morning she was lost. My brother's dog got out too but came home on his own.
So. It is really painful not knowing what has happened to her. However, I don't see this as a reason not to support an aggressive animal control policy. The resources lavished on TNR programs could be better spent on caring for animals coming through the system, including adopting them out or returning lost pets.
I have never embraced the philosophy that "there are no atheists in foxholes". I just wanted to make the point that if a policy is right it is right even when your own animal is at risk.
JWFITZ, the link above shows pictures of a couple of the HIHS vehicles. Do any of them look familiar?